ABOUT

My Approach to Therapy

You are the expert of your life and your experiences. I use a personalized combination of the modalities below to help you achieve your goals. This comprises evidence-based care, an active practice of non-judgment, and compassionate care dedicated to guiding you through your healing process.

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My approach is warm, authentic, and thoughtful. I show up as a human in the room alongside you, and aim to have you feel validated, supported, and well-held. I am very transparent in how I work with you, and take time to explain concepts to support your understanding. My ultimate goal with you is for you to have a positive experience in therapy, and to ultimately increase your insight into your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and resource you both internally and externally to increase your capacity to engage in the world in the way you desire. I want you to eventually leave my office to enter into a new chapter of life that feels exciting, even knowing that life will continue to throw challenges your way out the door.

This makes my services ideal for individuals who are new to therapy and want to try it out to understand how it works.

As a white, cisgender & heterosexual woman, I am aware of my power and privilege within the United States, and make efforts to make the therapeutic space feel psychologically safe and welcome to any client who enters my care. My approach is affirming and responsive to people who often feel as though they are living within the margins of society and traditional social norms. I work with neurodivergence. I am affirming of ethical non-monogamous relationships and the varying constellations. I am also affirming of an individual and couples' right to decide if they would like to be child-free.

I strongly value confidentiality, respect, and empathy, ensuring our time together feels safe and non-judgmental for you to explore the helpful and unhelpful patterns of thoughts and feelings and behaviors and the impact it has on your life.

Through a client-centered approach, we strive to create a supportive environment where individuals can gain insight, develop coping strategies, and achieve positive growth and transformation.

On a personal note, I am an avid nature-lover, world-traveler, and animal-enthusiast.

Particular areas of interest, specialty, and focus include, but are not limited to:

Grief & Loss - Navigating loss is often a difficult and painful process. Each loss in our life is as unique is as unique as the relationship you had with your loved one.
- Disenfranchised Grief
- Pet Loss
Phase of Life / Life Transitions - With each trip around the sun presents new and unique challenges for us. Some unforeseen, leaving us untethered and adrift in an unknown world. Others, even when foreseen, often present unique challenges you might not have even anticipated. I'm here to hold it all with you and help you move toward the healing and skill-building that's needed and necessary to move you through.
Support through major life stressors
Interpersonal Relationship Issues
Identity
Burnout & Stress - Yes, we all have stress, and we know it's not good for us, but what can we really do about it? I'll help you create individualized plans to support your ability to cope, increase your well-being, and prioritize the right things. We will explore barriers and how to overcome them as they inevitably pop up.
- Caregiver Stress
- Parental Stress
Anxiety
- Social anxiety
- Performance anxiety
- Rejection sensitive dysphoria
Depression
Women's Issues
Men's Issues

My services are supportive of:

Individuals who have never been to therapy before
Other Therapists & Healers
Teens aged 14+
Neurodivergent folx
LGBTQIA+ Bi-affirming & Trans-affirming
BIPOC / Culturally-responsive services
Any non-traditional viewpoints, narratives, or lifestyles you may bring with you
People living with experiences of shame, guilt, or trauma

I use the following modalities:

Person-Centered Therapy
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (this is inclusive of somatic practices involved in mindfulness)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Systems Focused (holistic, collaborative, and considerate of levels of care)

Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Parts Work (a derivative of IFS where we use externalizing techniques to better understand the different 'parts' of us)

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